Guglielmo Pecori Giraldi

Guglielmo Pecori Giraldi (18 May 1856-15 January 1941) was a Marshal of Italy who served in the First Italo-Ethiopian War, the Italo-Turkish War, and World War I; he was also a Senator from 1919 until his death in 1941.

Biography
Guglielmo Pecori Giraldi was born in Borgo San Lorenzo, Grand Duchy of Tuscany in 1856, the son of an Imperial Count. He graduated from the Royal Military Academy of Turin in 1877 and served in the Royal Italian Army artillery, serving as a staff officer in the First Italo-Ethiopian War in 1895; he was promoted to Colonel for his service. He was promoted to Lieutenant-General during the Italo-Turkish War, and he was relieved after his defeat at the Battle of Ain Zara in 1911. In 1915, he was recalled for duty at the start of World War I, commanding the VII Army Corps at the Isonzo River before rising to command the Italian 1st Army at the Battle of Asiago in 1916. In 1918, during the Battle of Vittorio Veneto, he occupied Trento, remaining its military governor until 1919. That same year, he was made a Senator, and he was promoted to Marshal of Italy in 1926 and Senator for life in 1929. He twice declined to join the National Fascist Party, and he died in 1941.